The Minahasan languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken by the Minahasa people in northern Sulawesi, Indonesia. These languages are distinct from the Manado Malay language.
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| Minahasan | |
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| Geographic distribution | North Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Glottolog | mina1272 |
The languages are Tonsawang, Tontemboan, Tondano, Tombulu and Tonsea.[1]
The Minahasan languages are classified as a branch of the Philippine subgroup.[2]
| Proto-Minahasan | |
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| Reconstruction of | Minahasan languages |
Reconstructed ancestors | Proto-Austronesian
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Proto-Minahasan (PMin) has been reconstructed by Sneddon (1978).[3] The comparison table (a small selection from Sneddon 1978:120–183) illustrates the correspondences between the Minahasan languages, including inherited vocabulary as well as Minahasan innovations.[4]
| Words inherited from Proto-Austronesian (PAn) | |||||||
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| Tondano | Tonsea | Tombulu | Tontemboan | Tonsawang | PMin | PAn | Meaning |
| təlu | tədu | təlu | təlu | təlu | *təlu | *təlu | 'three' |
| oat | oat | ohat | oʔat | ohatᶿ | *ohat | *huRaC | 'vein' |
| rui | dui | duhi | duʔi | duhi | *duhi | *duRi | 'bone' |
| ədo | əndo | əndo | əndo | əndo | *əndo | *qaləjaw | 'sun' |
| pate | pate | pate | pate | patᶿe | *pate | *paCay | 'kill' |
| Minahasan innovations | |||||||
| Tondano | Tonsea | Tombulu | Tontemboan | Tonsawang | PMin | PAn | Meaning |
| tələs | tələs | tələs | tələs | tələs | *tələs | (*bəli) | 'buy' |
| edo | endo | endo | indo | indo | *indo | (*alaq) | 'take' |
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| Reconstructed | Proto-Philippine † | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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